NI boosts access by ‘nonprogrammers’ in Next Generation LabVIEW
This edition of LabVIEW brings, “An innovative new approach to measurement automation that empowers domain experts to focus on what matters most – the problem, not the tool.”
“Thirty years ago, we released the original version of LabVIEW, designed to help engineers automate their measurement systems without having to learn the esoterica of traditional programming languages. LabVIEW was the ‘nonprogramming’ way to automate a measurement system,” said Jeff Kodosky, NI cofounder and business and technology fellow, known as the ‘Father of LabVIEW.’ “For a long time we focused on making additional things possible with LabVIEW, rather than furthering the goal of helping engineers automate measurements quickly and easily. Now we are squarely addressing this with the introduction of LabVIEW NXG, which we designed from the ground up to embrace a streamlined workflow. Common applications can use a simple configuration-based approach, while more complex applications can use the full open-ended graphical programming capability of the LabVIEW language, G.”
The 1.0 release of LabVIEW NXG helps engineers performing benchtop measurements increase their productivity with new nonprogramming workflows to acquire and iteratively analyze measurement data. These nonprogramming workflows simplify automation by building the necessary code behind the scenes. For instance, engineers can drag and drop a section of code equivalent to 50 lines of text-based code. This is just one of the many ways LabVIEW NXG helps engineers focus on innovation rather than implementation.
This edition introduces a re-engineered editor that extends the openness of LabVIEW to integrate with a broader set of languages. The editor improves programming productivity by streamlining the editor micro-interactions, user interface objects based on vector graphics and zooming capabilities.
As LabVIEW NXG 1.0 revolutionizes benchtop measurements, new capabilities in LabVIEW 2017 target the development, deployment and management of large, complex and distributed test and embedded applications. These include features that enhance interoperability with standard IP and standard communications protocols such as IEC 61131-3, OPC UA and the secure DDS messaging standard.
New and existing users have access to both LabVIEW NXG 1.0 and LabVIEW 2017. The first release in the next generation of LabVIEW is planned as the first in a series of releases that will expand engineering capabilities from design to test, and from data acquisition applications to building complex test systems and smart machines.
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